I hope you are all safe and well. Below you will find information about what I got done in my writing life this week and a link to a book that is on sale from now until next Wednesday (April 15). I have finished reducing the prices of my novels and novellas. I’ll mention that below as well.
Writing Life
Here’s an update on my writing I have with a short excerpt from two of them. Her Convenient Forever: Guess what? I started the next Touches of Austen book. Here is the very first peek at how that story starts.
Waves lapped at the sand below her. A group of gulls dipped and soared before landing just out of reach of the rolling waves. A breeze steady, but gentle, pulled at her skirts and tugged at her bonnet. The sun peeked out from behind a light grey cloud. If only her heart felt as perfectly lovely as the weather.
Felicity Love opened the small box she held but quickly closed it again. This must be done, but… she turned away from the edge of where the land dropped from where she stood to the beach far below. Perhaps tomorrow she would feel more prepared.
Turning around, she walked in the direction of the road which would take her to the small cottage her father had rented.
This place and this time away from home was her reprieve – her place to grieve and her place of solace where her heart was supposed to mend enough to face the future. But how could a heart, which had been shattered as hers was, repair itself in just two months?
Matching Mr. Darcy: I’m up to chapter 11. Here is how chapter 11 begins:
Elizabeth approached Lucas Lodge with a strange sense of trepidation. This was not a place where she was unaccustomed to being entertained. She had been to many dinner parties here, and she had spent many hours visiting with Charlotte in one or another of the rooms in the house. There was a well-worn path between Longbourn and Lucas Lodge, and it was not only Elizabeth who had created that path. Her sisters and her mother made use of it on a regular basis, and servants carried messages back and forth more often than they likely wised to do. However, tonight, the thought of mingling with a company of her neighbours within these walls was not as enticing a thought as it normally was.
Entering the hall, she unfastened her wrap and, upon removing it, handed it to a waiting maid.
“You are here!” Maria Lucas pushed through those in the entry to where Lydia and Kitty stood. “You must come and help me find some music for later.”
“Will there be dancing?” Kitty asked eagerly.
“When does my father not insist upon allowing us to dance?” Maria said with a laugh. “And,” she lowered her voice to a loud whisper, “there will be officers.”
Protecting Miss Darcy: I did not get a chapter of this one written yet this week. Maybe it will happen tomorrow, or maybe it will be next week.
Cherishing Kitty: I have the edits back on this story and will start the final read through this week!
Book Promotions
When plans go awry, the results, much like the lady who made them, can be very unexpected.
Marrying Lieutenant Wickham is not part of Lydia Bennet’s plans. He was a means to an end, a guide to Derbyshire, and nothing more. However, when she arrives at Willow Hall in his company, her relatives see the situation differently. Unwilling to be forced into a marriage with Wickham, Lydia flees into the night.
And that is how she meets Marcus…
Find So Very Unexpected at your favourite ebook retailer here.
Book Reviews
Aren’t these two reviews awesome! I think they are. 🙂 I love the Lydia in this book. (But then, I have loved every Lydia I have written a story for.) I’m so pleased that both Teresita and this anonymous reviewer loved her, too.
Thank you, both, for reading and reviewing this book!
Price Drop
All ebook novellas and novels (and Nature’s Fury and Delights novelette collections) are now either $2.99/$3.99 USD, EUR, and GBP ($3.99/$4.99 CAD, AUD, NZD)*. Many box set prices have also been reduced. Check your favourite ebook retailer for prices.
Something Extra
This week, I wanted to let you know about a couple of other places where you can find information about Jane Austen Fan Fiction book sales.
https://readingreticule.com/ Use the menu to navigate to free books, books on sale, and books at various price points.
https://frompemberleytomilton.wordpress.com/2020/04/09/freebies-books-on-sale-update-with-new-additions/ (I understand this page is updated on a regular basis.)
I am also going to be updating my own Current Book Promotions page each Friday, but those details will also be shared in the weekly Saturday Broadsheet as it is now.
I hope this info can help you locate some great reads to help alleviate the boredom that can come from sitting at home all. the. time. 🙂
Have a good weekend! Be safe and well. I’ll see you on Monday.
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Thanks for the book updates and links. Yes, I loved in this book as well!
You’re welcome 🙂 I’m delighted that you liked her, too.
Well, this was a very informative post. You have lots going on. I am intrigued about what is going on with Felicity. Are you going to make me like her? I don’t know. I mean, I dislike her a lot and it may take a lot to change my mind. She was horrid to a gentle creature like her sister Grace and that is nearly unforgivable in my book. You changed my mind on Henry and Mary Crawford but I think that was a fluke. I don’t know if I can be turned on this dislike. LOL! Give it your best shot. Me like Felicity Love? Pfft… we’ll see.
Well, I fully intend to do my best to make you curse me for making you like Felicity. How’s that? Lol